It is not clear if Ruto had an appointment, but sources close to the Moi family said there was none.

“We did not know he was coming. A visit like this one is normally organised properly through Mzee’s aides and members of the family, especially his son Gideon, would be asked to be present. He was not present,” a Moi aide said.

Moi’s spokesman Lee Njiru confirmed that Ruto visited but did not see Moi because the 94-year-old former President was with his doctors.

Ruto was greeted by the caretaker, security detail and two pastors.

“Former President Mzee Daniel arap Moi was visited today (yesterday) by Ruto at his Kabarak home,” a statement from the former President’s office said.

“Unfortunately, this coincided with the time of Mzee Moi’s routine physical exercise with his doctors. Mzee Moi agreed to meet the visitors at a convenient time another day in the very near future,” the statement said.

This was however just a month after ODM leader and AU special envoy for infrastructure Raila Odinga visited.

A month later, Uhuru visited and was granted access, a situation that was described by Ruto’s allies as a plot to humiliate him.

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja condemned the move, saying Moi is not family property but a leader who served for more than 20 years as Kenya’s President.

This loosely translates to: “Gideon should know that Mzee’s blessings are not given as carelessly as mandazis … given to one person and not the other … [the house] opened to one person and not the other.”